"Thus on soft sophas in her cave reclin'd, / Slept the fam'd goddess of the leaden mind."
— Dodd, William (1729-1777)
Author
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Cooper
Date
1742
Metaphor
"Thus on soft sophas in her cave reclin'd, / Slept the fam'd goddess of the leaden mind."
Metaphor in Context
Thus on soft sophas in her cave reclin'd,
Slept the fam'd goddess of the leaden mind:
When thither tending, danc'd a jovial throng,
From whom loud shouts in thund'ring vollies rung:
"Down with King Cibber, was the general cry,
"Down with King Cibber, all Moorfields reply:
"Huzza, huzza, King W*rb---n's our own,
"Be he our King, be his King Colley's throne."
Thus in old times the Bacchanalian crew,
In madding sort, o'er rocks and mountains flew,
They wav'd their Thyrsus, while the rocks around,
God save King Bacchus! joyously rebound.
Slept the fam'd goddess of the leaden mind:
When thither tending, danc'd a jovial throng,
From whom loud shouts in thund'ring vollies rung:
"Down with King Cibber, was the general cry,
"Down with King Cibber, all Moorfields reply:
"Huzza, huzza, King W*rb---n's our own,
"Be he our King, be his King Colley's throne."
Thus in old times the Bacchanalian crew,
In madding sort, o'er rocks and mountains flew,
They wav'd their Thyrsus, while the rocks around,
God save King Bacchus! joyously rebound.
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Provenance
Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Alexander Pope, The New Dunciad: As it was Found in the Year MDCCXLI. With the Illustrations of Scriblerus, and Notes Variorum. (London: Printed for T. Cooper at the Globe in Pater-Noster Row, 1742). <Link to ESTC>
See also, A New Book of the Dunciad: Occasion'd By Mr. Warburton's New Edition of The Dunciad Complete. By a Gentleman of one of the Inns of Court. With several of Mr. Warburton's own Notes, and Llikewise Notes Variorum (London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bocquet [etc.], 1750). <Link to Google Books>
See also, A New Book of the Dunciad: Occasion'd By Mr. Warburton's New Edition of The Dunciad Complete. By a Gentleman of one of the Inns of Court. With several of Mr. Warburton's own Notes, and Llikewise Notes Variorum (London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bocquet [etc.], 1750). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
01/17/2006
Date of Review
12/30/2010
